HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceTargetedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Dinowitz & Bove CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 19, 2024

Filed

Aug 18, 2025

To disclose

13 months

Affected · nationwide

4,46344 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Dinowitz & Bove CPA →

Dinowitz & Bove CPA, a financial services firm in NJ, reported an external system breach (hacking) on July 19, 2024. The incident affected 4,463 individuals, including 44 Maine residents. Impacted data included names and personal identifiers. The firm engaged forensic experts and offered 12-24 months of Equifax Credit Watch Gold identity monitoring to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 19, 2024 → Filed with AG Aug 18, 2025395d ✗ ME AG >90d13 months discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 months / 395 days

Jul 19, 2024

Begins

Jul 19, 2024

Discovered

Aug 18, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+48 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_3a584524e0d18f7f2025-08-18Verified
Indiana State AGbd_5e78d2bc894d2e9e2025-08-18Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_0f4b2caf34aec3c32025-08-19 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_bfb76639b690a0a02025-08-19 · +1dVerified

Name: The Beckage Firm
norm: the beckage firm
Domain: thebeckagefirm.com

Name: Dinowitz & Bove CPA
norm: dinowitz bove cpa
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 19, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 19, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 18, 2025
Affected individuals: 4,463state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged independent digital forensics and incident response experts
Took immediate steps to secure digital environment
Offered complimentary identity monitoring services through Epiq
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance security of digital environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(395 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 395dME resident >180d · 395d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jul 19, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Aug 18, 2025
395d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jul 19, 2024
→ Notified: Aug 18, 2025
395d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 19, 2024 → Filed with AG: Aug 18, 2025	395d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jul 19, 2024 → Notified: Aug 18, 2025	395d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Nebraska State AGAug 18 · first

Indiana State AGAug 18 · first

Maine State AGAug 18 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/2fb71b27-fbed-4a25-9fdc-ee1e9565394a.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 18, 2025
Raw hash: 607cfb68bd19bd7d499efa7faf43b7118e55a37bf48ce90bafc8061d844d2c21

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Beckage Firm

Victim entityDinowitz & Bove CPA

Incidentdiscovered Jul 19, 2024

Stated responseEngaged independent digital forensics and incident response experts

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov